Our Tour Manager, Richard Segan,
passed away October 15 at Wilcox Hospital in Lihue. Richard began giving tours on Sundays at the cave in 2012. To that point we had only been able to muster enough volunteer help to open one day per week, but through his energetic efforts, we were able to eventually keep the cave open four days per week, and now five. Since he began informing and entertaining the public with his many wonderful stories, Richard probably gave tours for more than 75,000 visitors. At Makauwahi Cave, Richard will be a permanent part of the legends of this place.
It’s always sad to lose a long time hard-working volunteer. Ahahui has lost six of them at Na Pohaku o Hauwahine since 2019 or so. They were all great volunteers in their own way. All are missed deeply.